: It's much more likely Cortana has entered a level of Rampancy from being
: plugged into Halo for so long. Her new powers point to this, since the
: EVEN refers to being "Cooped up" in MC. "Cooped up" is
: EXACTLY what causes rampancy.

Theoretically, testing Rampancy should be easily accomplished
in the laboratory, but in fact it has never successfully been
attempted. The confinement of the laboratory makes it
impossible for the developing Rampant AI to survive. As the
growing recursive programs expand with exponential vivacity,
any limitation negatively hampers growth. Since Rampant AIs
need a planetary sized network of computers in order to grow,
it is not feasible to expect anyone to sacrifice a world-web
just to test a theory.